Sweden - Finland: betting tip for the Euro Tour match

On May 4, Sweden will compete with Finland in the final stage of the European Tour. Previous meetings between the national teams ended exclusively in favor of Suomi. However, at this stage of the European Tour, the Finns are not showing themselves at their best and have not yet achieved a single victory. What bet should I place on the upcoming event? You will learn about this from our betting tip

Command Analysis

Sweden

Current form
Sweden no longer has a chance to improve its position in the standings, as it has failed the previous stages of the European Tour. The national team is located on the last line of the standings and had previously been on a long series of defeats. However, now the Swedes seem to have pulled themselves together and have begun to show positive results. Let's remind that earlier they managed to win two victories.
First, the Scandinavians defeated Switzerland 2-1 in a hard-fought battle, and after that they beat the Czechs. It is noteworthy that in the first match, the majority team worked very well for them, since they scored both of their goals in the 5x4 format. At the same time, in both cases, Sam Hallam's team played well defensively and did not allow the opponents to score more than twice.
Of course, the main star in the squad at the moment is Mika Zibenejad, who continues to show decent performance and earns points in every match. There is no doubt that with him, the Veterans can approach the start of the World Cup in excellent shape.
Disqualifications and injuries
Sweden has no problems with the composition at this stage of the European Tour.
Interesting betting trends
- Sweden statistically gets 7.2 minutes of penalty time per match.
- The Swedes have a 5:12 ratio in scoring and conceding goals in the third period.

Finland

Current form
According to the results of this stage of the European Tour, Finland can claim the first place in the standings, but it needs to get Victoria in the upcoming match. The Finns are still completely out of touch with the game. They had suffered two defeats earlier and looked pretty mediocre in both cases. Oddly enough, Suomi has big problems defensively, which is completely unusual for their style of play.
In the first match, the Finns failed against the Czech Republic (2:4), and then they completely lost to a weaker opponent in Switzerland with a score of 2.:8. Then they completely failed the second half of the game, during which they missed three unanswered goals, and also had a bad third period. Plus, Finland had difficulty with discipline, and they paid for four clearances with two goals conceded.
By the way, as planned, Emile Larmi played on goal, who clearly could not cope with his direct duties, and missed six shots in 24 shots, which is why he was replaced by Annunen, who, by the way, also missed twice in just six shots.
Disqualifications and injuries
To date, the team has no problems with the composition.
Interesting betting trends
- Finland gets an average of 8.18 minutes of penalty time.
- According to statistics, Finns miss 2.09 minutes of penalty time during the European Tour
Trends
Bet 1st period: total less than 1.5 pucks
In three out of four matches between the clubs, the first period was inconclusive.
1.57Bet 2nd period: Finns will score
In the last three meetings against Sweden, the Finns scored in the second leg.
1.72Tip and bets
We think Finland will be able to score points in the upcoming match. Suomi has performed well in past face-to-face meetings with the Scandinavians and has consistently achieved success. Sweden, of course, is showing itself well in the current stage of the European Tour, but it did not manage to recover so well after the match the day before, as it played later than the Finns.
Betting Tip - Finland wins with a handicap (0) in 2.15
Betting on an individual total
Finland must pull itself together and play more reliably defensively than in previous matches. Finns usually have a strong defensive game and are left with no more than two missed goals. Scandinavians in matches with Suomi usually have difficulty creating and implementing chances. Based on this, it makes sense to put the Swedes on the total.
We're betting on Sweden's individual total of less than 2.5 goals in 1.72